boat after engine room fire

NTSB reports on $1.8 million towboat engineroom fire

A missing retaining ring and mounting bracket on the port main diesel engine led to an engineroom fire on a towboat near Belleview, Ky., the National Transportation Safety Board​ (NTSB) says. ​The

Electronic chart use had role in the co;;ision

NTSB reports on barge collision with a coal train

A failure by a towboat’s pilot and captain to correctly identify a caution area on an electronic chart is seen by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as the probable cause of

Lack of stability likely led to sinking of fo=ishing vesse;

Lack of stability, hatch cover problems eyed in fatal sinking

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its report on the November 17, 2020, sinking of the 82-foot commercial fishing vessel Emmy Rose. All four aboard—the captain and three deckhands—lost their

Blue Dragon wheelhouse exterior post-fire

NTSB: Electrical fault likely caused $500,000 fishing vessel fire

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a report on its investigation of a November 10, 2021, fire aboard the 85 foot long fishing vessel Blue Dragon. No injuries or fatalities

NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

NTSB reports on $1.5 million bulker strike on GoM platform

The National Transportation Safety Board says that “poor bridge resource management and a charting error” led to a Hong Kong-flagged 52,382 dwt bulk carrier striking an oil and gas production platform in

Tugboats with City of Norfol

VIDEO: Spirit of Norfolk towed to Colonna’s 

The cruise yacht Spirit of Norfolk was towed to Colonna’s Shipyard, Sunday, following a fire that broke out June 7 and was not finally declared extinguished until 9.58 a.m., Saturday, June 11.

Towboat engine room fire

NTSB reports on $700,000 fire on 64-year old towboat

An engine room fire aboard a towing vessel was caused by overpressurization of the fuel day tank and a main engine fuel return system when a fatigued chief engineer inadvertently left the

Electrical fire destroys $3.9 million yacht

A March 26, 2021, engine room fire aboard a 100-foot, 216-gross ton yacht was likely caused by an electric source within the sound enclosure for the starboard generators, the National Transportation Safety

NTSB report report implicates cell phone use

NTSB determines cause of $8.22 million containership fire

An incorrectly installed section of main engine fuel oil return tubing led to an engine room fire aboard a containership off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, the National Transportation Safety Board

Fire aboard Aleutian Falcon was due to inadequate hot work planning and related issues says NTSB report

Hot work planning faulted in $16.5 million fish processing vessel fire

Issues related to hot work are the focus of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report on a February 2021 fire aboard a fish processing vessel docked for repair at a shipyard

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